ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
SILIWANGI UNIVERSITY TASIKMALAYA
Course Identity :
Extensive Reading
Credit :
2
Semester :
2
Instructors :
Muharam Ardan, M.Pd
Ruslan, M.Pd
Asri Siti Fatimah, M.Pd
Email :
ruslanglg97@yahoo.com
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The subject is aimed to help students to build reading speed and reading fluency which allows them to process the language more automatically. This subject is aimed at introducing students to the various texts and to encourage the students to read by maintaining a log with details of reading comprehension each week; summarizing weekly reading. Moreover, students are required to interact with a variety of texts for different purpose; using critical thinking skills, deducing meaning from the text; understanding author purposes; guessing and predicting content and giving response to the texts
·
Read
quickly, and
·
Enjoyable
with
·
Adequate
comprehension so they
·
Don’t
need a dictionary
Moreover students should read ideally at least 150-200 words per
minute or a little lower for beginning students.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of
the semester, students are able to
·
to meet the language in
its natural context
·
to build vocabulary
·
to help students to
build reading speed and reading fluency
·
to build confidence,
motivation, enjoyement and love of reading
·
to allow students to
read or listen to alot of English at their own ability level
·
to help students get a
sense of how grammatical patterns work in context
LEARNING MATERIALS
Fiction : http://readcomiconline.to/ , www.mangatown.com , www.wattpad.com
Biography : www.biography.com/people/
News : http://www.bbc.com/news , http://www.thejakartapost.com/
Journal : http://llt.msu.edu/ , http://journals.sagepub.com/
, http://asian-efl-journal.com/
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Week 1
Syllabus
Introduction
Week 2
Concept
of Extensive Reading: How to Choose text
In-class
Activities/Tasks
|
- Lecture
- Discussion
|
Materials & Media
Outclass
activity
|
- Projector
- Personal computer and internet
- Prezi
Book Review
|
Week 3-5
Fiction
: Comics, Fables and Synopsis
In-class
Activities/Tasks
|
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Chain Reading
- Story Telling
- Peer and Teacher Feedback
|
|
Materials & Media
Outclass activity
|
- Projector
- Personal computer and internet
Reading log
|
|
Week 6
News
In-class Activities/
Tasks
|
- Lecture
- Reporting news
- Peer and Teacher Feedback
- Discussion
|
Materials & Media
Outclass activity
|
- Projector
- Personal Computers (PCs) & the Internet
-
- Out class reading activity
- Reading Log
|
Week 7
Biography
In-class Activities/Tasks
|
- Lecture
- Group Discussion
- Poster Presentation
-Peer and Teacher Feedback
|
Materials & Media
Outclass activity
|
- Projector
- Personal Computers (PCs) & the Internet
- Out class reading
activity
- Reading Log
|
Week 8
MID TEST
Week 9
Argumentative
In-class
Activities/Tasks
|
- Lecture
- Peer Review
- Discussion
|
Materials & Media
|
- Projector
- Personal Computers (PCs) & the Internet
|
Week 11
Procedure/
Process
In-class Activities/
Tasks
|
- Lecture
- Discussion
|
|
Materials & Media
Outclass activity
|
- Projector
- Personal Computers (PCs) & the Internet
- Outclass reading
activity
- Reading log
|
|
Week 12-13
Novel
In-class
Activities/Tasks
|
- Lecture
- Discussion
-Peer Feedback
|
Materials &
Media
|
- Projector
- Prezi
- Internet and Laptop
|
Week 14-15
Journal
In-class
Activities/Tasks
|
- Lecture
- Journal Review
-Peer Feedback
|
Materials &
Media
|
- Projector
- Internet and Laptop
|
Week 16
FINAL TEST
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING
THIS COURSE
WILL BE ASSESSED BY CONSIDERING SEVERAL CRITERIA:
} Class
Attendance 10%
} Oral
Report/Presentation 15%
} Reading log 25%
} Written Book
Report 20 %
} Mid
Test 15%
} Final
Test 15%
+
} TOTAL 100%
